Last week, our class went to visit a pumpkin patch! We were blessed with relatively dry weather, and those of us who were in our rubber boots had a blast mucking through the muck. We enjoyed an educational show all about the life-cycle of a pumpkin, met Mrs. Scarecrow, walked through a corn maze and a straw maze, went for a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch where the children got to pick out their own pumpkin to take home, and then had a lovely "fresh" apple snack from the orchard.
The children had such a wonderful time.
We brought a "class pumpkin" back with us to school, so yesterday we did a few things with our pumpkin.
For our first activity, I asked the children whether they thought our pumpkin would sink or float if we put it in water. We have quite a large sink in our class, so after the children had the opportunity to vote one way or the other, we marched off to the sink and gave our pumpkin a bath. There were a lot of surprised faces when they saw the pumpkin float like a boat!
After our pumpkin was cleaned and dried, the children estimated/guessed
how big/tall they thought our pumpkin would be......
After guessing, we counted and measured using linking/unifix cubes.
Next, the children guessed how much our pumpkin weighed......
Lastly, they guessed how many seeds were in the pumpkin (before I cut it open)......
After all of that, the children were itching for centre time, so while I had fun scooping out the insides of the pumpkin, the children enjoyed some creative play time.
Did I count the seeds? Well, I roasted them last night......
Guess what's on my to-do list today......
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